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HEALTH AND RETIREMENT SECURITY Providing for members’ health and retirement security has always been a prime mission of the IATSE, but the nature of employment in the entertainment industry made this a challenge. While workers in many other fields have permanent, full-time jobs with one employer, theatrical productions, motion pictures and television shows typically have limited runs. Most IATSE members move from job to job and employer to employer many times over the course of their careers; sometimes even over the course of months. In the 1940s, it became commonplace for employers to offer health insurance and pension benefits to their employees, but that model didn’t work in entertainment. So IATSE, along with other unions in sectors where employment is sporadic or temporary, set about to create multiemployer plans that could offer the same health and retirement security to the members. The Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 (which in most respects was one of the most anti-union measures ever enacted by Congress and 62
ecame law over President Harry Truman’s veto) established the structure for multiemployer plans governed by boards made up of equal numbers of labor and management representatives. Through collective bargaining, employers would contribute a certain amount of money to these plans per employee, and the plans would provide the workers with health and pension benefits. That’s why two broad plans were launched to meet the retirement and health needs of members — the Motion Picture Industry Pension & Health Plans, and the IATSE National Benefit Funds. MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY PENSION & HEALTH PLANS The Motion Picture Industry Pension & Health Plans are multiemployer, non-profit, Taft-Hartley Funds established by collective bargaining agreements to provide pension and health benefits for IATSE members working in the production of motion pictures or engaged primarily in furnishing materials or services for motion picture productions. The first plan was establisehd in 1952 to provide health and welfare benefits to members of the entertainment industry without any lapse in coverage when a participant went from one job to another. Now known as the Motion Picture Industry Health Plan, it currently provides coverage to more than 130,000 people. One year later, a second plan was established to provide retirement benefits to members. The Motion Picture Industry Pension Plan currently distributes nearly $25 million (before taxes) in pension payments to more than 18,000 retired participants, their survivors or beneficiaries. In 1979, a third plan was established to provide supplemental retirement benefits funded by employer donations. The Motion Picture Industry Individual Account Plan (IAP) has grown significantly since its founding, both due to the performance of its investments and increases in wages and the number of work hours of its hard-working participants. It is not unusual for someone who has been in the industry for thirty or more years to withdraw an IAP account balance in the six figures. In 1990, the administrations of the Health Plan and the Pension Plan merged. Although they are two separate legal entities, the Plans are known as the Motion Picture Industry Pension & Health Plans (MPI). Since then, several other pension and health plans merged with the MPI, including several on the East Coast, which led to the establishment of an MPI New York office. In 2017, more than 1,800 employers contributed to MPI, and upwards of 96.5 million hours were reported by employers on behalf their employees. These record-setting numbers show the strength of the entertainment industry — and IATSE’s dominance of its workforce. Today, the combined investments of MPI total more than $8.4 billion. IATSE NATIONAL BENEFIT FUNDS The IATSE National Benefit Funds (NBF) were launched more than sixty years ago to provide retirement and, later, health security for members. They are also multiemployer, non-profit, Taft-Hartley Funds established by collective bargaining agreements, ensuring continuity of coverage in fields where employment is temporary, sporadic or episodic, involving multiple employers. There are now four primary funds. The first plan, the IATSE National Pension Fund was established in 1957. Now known as Plan A, its first partici- 63
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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS Matthew D. Loeb
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PRESIDENT MATTHEW D. LOEB reflectio
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The year is 1893. Grover Cleveland
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THE LEGACY OF LEE HART Lee Hart is
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order its members to withdraw from
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Page 24 and 25: In 1921, the collective salaries of
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Page 44 and 45: AND NOW FOR THE NEWS During this ti
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Page 58 and 59: ALFRED W. DI TOLLA — PIVOTAL LEAD
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Page 80 and 81: NEW LEADERSHIP RISES The year 2002
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Ratifying this wisdom of this strat
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Acknowledgments This special issue
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